Python is popular with UK school kids (starting at primary). Huw
On 3 December 2014 at 10:21, Enda Dunican <enda.duni...@itcarlow.ie> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > I am interested in papers/articles/data from all over the world, not just > the US. I should have made this point explicit in my original request. > > Regards, > > Enda > > Dr. Enda Dunican > Lecturer in Computing, > Dept. of Computing and Networking, > Institute of Technology Carlow, > Kilkenny Road, > Carlow, > Ireland. > Tel : 353-(0)59-9175525 > Email: enda.duni...@itcarlow.ie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Enda Dunican > Sent: 02 December 2014 23:55 > To: ppig-discuss-list@open.ac.uk > Subject: Most Popular Introductory Programming Language > > Dear Colleagues, > > I have recently stumbled across the following article on the ACM blogs: > > > http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/176450-python-is-now-the-most-popular-introductory-teaching-language-at-top-us-universities/fulltext > > I was wondering if any of you have links to recent articles/studies/data > that relate to the most popular first year programming language used > outside of the 'top' US universities (as discussed in the aforementioned > article). I am not interested in resurrecting the debate about which > language is most suitable for introductory programming. Thank you in > advance for your help. > > Best Regards, > > Enda > > Dr. Enda Dunican > Lecturer in Computing, > Dept. of Computing and Networking, > Institute of Technology Carlow, > Kilkenny Road, > Carlow, > Ireland. > Tel: 353-(0)59-9175525 > Email: enda.duni...@itcarlow.ie > > >
